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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 14, 2010Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2010, 9:45 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2010, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2010, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 9:59 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 609 Se Georgetown, DELARGE LIMBS DOWN.
May 14, 10:15 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Millville, DEDIME SIZE HAIL.
May 14, 10:21 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 46Dewey Beach, DE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2010-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 825 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2010-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1318 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

872 
WUUS51 KPHI 150145
SVRPHI
DEC005-MDC011-041-150245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0033.100515T0145Z-100515T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
945 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  EAST CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 941 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  FEDERALSBURG...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EASTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SEAFORD AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRIDGEVILLE AROUND 1000 PM EDT...
  SYCAMORE AROUND 1015 PM EDT...
  GEORGETOWN AROUND 1025 PM EDT...
  MILLSBORO AROUND 1035 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3858 7572 3865 7572 3869 7583 3869 7590
      3867 7595 3864 7596 3865 7608 3886 7589
      3885 7573 3883 7572 3884 7555 3883 7527
      3879 7513 3881 7508 3867 7505 3850 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 273DEG 28KT 3867 7578

$$

HAYES
1 follow-up statement
496 
WWUS51 KPHI 150241
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1041 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

DEC005-MDC011-041-150252-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-100515T0245Z/
CAROLINE MD-TALBOT MD-SUSSEX DE-
1041 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SUSSEX...EAST CENTRAL TALBOT
AND SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3858 7572 3865 7572 3869 7583 3869 7590
      3867 7595 3864 7596 3865 7608 3886 7589
      3885 7573 3883 7572 3884 7555 3883 7527
      3879 7513 3881 7508 3867 7505 3850 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 273DEG 28KT 3865 7521

$$

HAYES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's56 min
May 14, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot56 min
May 14, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle55 min
May 14, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle54 min
May 14, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.